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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 292 · 40 questions
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Word tip (Same sound, check the meaning): Read the whole sentence and work out the meaning it needs. Match the meaning to the spelling: flour = powder made from grain; flower = a bloom on a plant. Learn the tricky sets: there (place), their (belonging to them), they’re (they are); to, too, two.

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  1. 1.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  17. 17.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  32. 32.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  40. 40.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so

Answer key

  1. here
  2. wait
  3. witch
  4. bee
  5. tail
  6. right
  7. eight
  8. see
  9. pear
  10. piece
  11. pair
  12. flu
  13. hare
  14. sew
  15. flour
  16. new
  17. ant
  18. there
  19. flew
  20. be
  21. knew
  22. dear
  23. sun
  24. meet
  25. sum
  26. heel
  27. read
  28. some
  29. know
  30. to
  31. male
  32. hole
  33. write
  34. hair
  35. sow
  36. deer
  37. wood
  38. rode
  39. sail
  40. so

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